News release: Biden-Harris Administration announces $13 million WIFIA loan for water supply resiliency and dam stabilization in California
[On Wednesday] the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan totaling $13 million to the United Water Conservation District in Oxnard, California. This funding will support the planning and design to modernize the district’s largest surface water source, the Santa Felicia Dam, and expand the local drinking water supply by 20%. Since its creation, EPA’s WIFIA program has announced $19 billion in financing to support over 110 projects that are strengthening drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure while creating over 60,000 jobs.
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